Beer bar staff arrested for pimping underage girl

Children and Women’s Protection police arrested a Pattaya beer bar owner for allegedly trafficking an underage girl in prostitution.

Pincha Mukda, 38, owner of South Pattaya’s Friendly Bar, and cashier Sukanya Chanhom, 40, were arrested Dec. 4 after a foreign informant alerted police to underage girls being sold for sexual services there. Police said the foreigner pretended to be partying there before purchasing one of the girl’s services for 2,000 baht, which he turned over as evidence to officers.

The girl in question, age 15, was taken into custody and sent to a shelter. The two women were charged with conspiracy and human trafficking.

(L to R) Cashier Sukanya Chanhom and bar owner Pincha Mukda have been arrested for allegedly trafficking an underage girl in prostitution.

This article was published in the Pattaya Mail newspaper on Friday December 14, 2012 (Vol. XX No. 50).